AS SEEN ON TV: HENLEIGH MALLINGER GRANDCOURT

HENLEIGH MALLINGER GRANDCOURT

CREATED BY:

George Eliot

PORTRAYED BY:

Hugh Bonneville

AS SEEN IN:

"Daniel Deronda"

TV STATUS:

Recastaway

TV DIMENSION:

Alternate Toobworld

From Wikipedia:

Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt — Sir Hugo's nephew and heir-presumptive, a wealthy, manipulative, sadistic man. Grandcourt marries Gwendolen Harleth and then embarks upon a campaign of emotional abuse. He has a mistress, Lydia Glasher, with whom he has several children. He had promised to marry Lydia when her husband died but reneged on the promise in order to marry Gwendolyn instead.

From Shmoop.com:

It's OK if you hate Grandcourt. We don't like him at all, either – that just goes to show how well George Eliot created this villain. Everything about him is mean, and he just oozes with sleaze. Grandcourt seems fine enough when we first meet him, but pretty soon it becomes clear that he is a selfish jerk who doesn't care about anyone but himself and his own gain.

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Robert Hardy played the original version of the character in the main Toobworld back in 1970.

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